TIL that Austrian actress Eva von Berne was presumed to be dead for 70+ years because a PR consultant at MGM accidentally reported her death in 1930. 96-year-old von Berne said in 2006: "It was fortunate that the world thought that I died. So I did not have to deal with autograph hunters."
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Eva von Berne
Austrian actor
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TIL the only copies of the Haitian Declaration of Independence are in the UK's National Archives, Kew. And was only found to be there as recent as 2010 by a student from Duke University.
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Haitian Declaration of Independence
document declaring Haiti as an independent nation
TIL a hurricane almost hit NYC around 9/11/01, only being diverted by a cold front that passed through the area that morning.
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Submitted June 17, 2023 at 07:34PM by ArctikLobstr
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Hurricane Erin (2001)
Category 3 Atlantic hurricane in 2001
TIL Peppers evolved to prefer birds spread their seeds. Capsaicin and pepper colors attract birds. Seeds that pass through the digestive system of a bird germinate at a rate of 370% higher than seeds that pass through mammals who are normally repelled by Capsaicin.
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TIL: Antilia is one of the most expensive private residences in the world, costing over $1 billion. The billionaire had his entire family live in the 27 story home which requires 600 servants and has 168 car garage, 9 elevators, a theatre, pool, ballroom, and snow room. It was built on an orphanage.
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Antilia (building)
skyscraper mansion in Mumbai, India
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TIL in 1963 the FBI investigated five teenagers from Portland who called their band "The Kingsman" and had recorded "Louie Louie" because J. Edgar Hoover believed the song was salacious and was corrupting the nation's youth.
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louder
What happened when the FBI tried to decipher The Kingsmen's Louie Louie
With the dumbest of dumb riffs and lyrics that launched an FBI investigation, The Kingsmen's version of Louie Louie has a history unlike any other song
TIL that the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City is so long with such tall towers that the top of the towers are 1 5/8 inches farther apart at their tops than at their bases. This is because the distance between the towers made it necessary to compensate for the earth’s curvature.
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TIL: Glaciers and Volcanism have an inverse relationship. Throughout the volcanic record, eruptions dropped significantly as the planet cooled and ice expanded. Inversely, as our glaciers melt and erode the land beneath them, humans should expect to see more volcanic activity across the planet.
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Increase in volcanic eruptions at the end of the ice age caused by melting ice caps and glacial erosion
The combination of erosion and melting ice caps led to a massive increase in volcanic activity at the end of the last ice age, according to new research. As the climate warmed, the ice caps melted,
TIL that Dubai's Burj Khalifa has no sewage system - so trucks have to pump out poo every day
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Burj Khalifa has no sewage system - so trucks have to pump out poo every day
The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world and cost $130 billion to make but it is not connected to Dubai's sewage system and so every day a platoon of trucks queue up to remove its poo
TIL that orcas have a culture that they pass down to their offspring and they also have variations in vocalizations similar to languages and dialects in humans
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Submitted June 18, 2023 at 03:09AM by MudakMudakov
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Smithsonian Magazine
Understanding Orca Culture
Researchers have found a variety of complex, learned behaviors that differ from pod to pod
TIL A camel's hump does not hold water. It actually stores fat. The camel uses it as nourishment when food is scarce. If a camel uses the fat inside the hump, the hump will become limp and droop down. With proper food and rest, the hump will return to normal.
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Truth or Tail: A camel's hump| Cleveland Zoological Society | April 06, 2021
Truth or tail? A camel's hump stores fat, not water.
TRUTH!
It's true that camels can last days without food or water, but it’s not because they’ve got water stored in their humps. Camel humps actually store rich fat, which allows them to go long periods…
TRUTH!
It's true that camels can last days without food or water, but it’s not because they’ve got water stored in their humps. Camel humps actually store rich fat, which allows them to go long periods…
TIL that avocados evolved to be eaten by animals that have since gone extinct. Parts of the avocado are toxic to dogs, cats, cattle, goats, rabbits, horses, rodents, birds, and more.
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Avocado
species of plant, use Q961769 for the fruit hijueputa
TIL after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the USS West Virginia battleship was salvaged six months later. During the salvage operation, a calendar was discovered in an airtight room indicating three sailors survived for another 16 days after the event.
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Submitted June 18, 2023 at 12:15PM by customlord
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warhistoryonline
Three Sailors Were Trapped Inside a Battleship Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Ronald Endicott, Louis Costin and Clifford Olds couldn't escape the wreckage.
TIL: For decades the US Government experimented with radiation on unknowing citizens including disabled children.
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Submitted June 18, 2023 at 06:52AM by Zenith-FL
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The Plutonium Files
book by Eileen Welsome
TIL about Empires of the Deep, an $130 million mermaid movie from 2011 that's never been released
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Submitted June 18, 2023 at 03:14PM by JeffRyan1
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Empires of the Deep
Empires of the Deep is an unreleased 3D action-adventure fantasy film, written by Randall Frakes, directed by Jonathan Lawrence, Michael French and Scott Miller, and starring Olga Kurylenko. The film was conceived by Chinese real estate tycoon Jon Jiang,…
TIL that Hitler’s nephew tried to blackmail Hitler for a high-ranking government job. When that failed, he wrote a magazine article called “Why I Hate My Uncle” and joined the US Navy. The naval recruiter thought he was joking about his name.
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William Stuart-Houston
Half-nephew of Adolf Hitler (1911-1987)
TIL that Hitler's surname was a clerical mistake. Alois Schicklgruber, Adolf's father, sought to change his last name to his stepfather's, Hiedler. Authorities mistakenly recorded it as "Hitler", thus etching this infamous name into history
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Alois Hitler
Austrian civil servant; father of Adolf Hitler (1837-1903)
TIL about the Ghost Blimp. In 1942, a crew of two men left San Francisco in a Navy blimp to conduct an antisubmarine patrol. Five hours later, the empty blimp drifted back ashore and crashed into a residential neighborhood. No trace of the crew was ever found.
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Submitted June 18, 2023 at 06:11PM by captureorbit
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L-8
L class blimp of the US Navy that turned up without its crew over Daly City, California in 1942
TIL that there is a German man named Marc Wubbenhorst who must drink 20 liters of water every day in order to not die from dehydration. He suffers an extreme case of diabetes insipidus.
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Submitted June 18, 2023 at 08:08PM by JurassicPark9265
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Oddity Central - Collecting Oddities
German Man Needs to Drink 20 Liters of Water Per Day to Stay Alive
German architect Marc Wübbenhorst has to drink at least 20 liters of water a day or risk dying from dehydration. The 35-year-old suffers from the rare metabolic disease Diabetes insipidus, which causes intense thirst and
TIL that Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky was not at the funeral of Vladimir Lenin, despite being among the USSR's top leadership at the time of his death. Trotsky later claimed he had deliberately been told the wrong date for the funeral.
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Submitted June 18, 2023 at 07:38PM by 1945BestYear
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Death and state funeral of Vladimir Lenin
1924 death and funeral of the Soviet Union's first leader
TIL With 347 millions hectares of forest, Canada has 9% of the world's total forested area
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Submitted June 18, 2023 at 08:10PM by Hxllywxxdz
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Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM)
Vast and abundant forests - Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM)
Canada’s forests cover 347 million hectares of land and make up nearly nine per cent of the world’s total forest area. Canada is the third-most forested country in the world by area.
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